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BJA FY 21 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program - State Solicitation

ID: O-BJA-2021-35005 • Type: Posted

Description

The Department of Justice is committed to advancing work that promotes civil rights, increases access to justice, supports crime victims, protects the public from crime and evolving threats, and builds trust between law enforcement and the community. The Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program is the primary provider of federal criminal justice funding to states and units of local government. BJA will award JAG Program funds to eligible states as described in this FY 2021 JAG Program State Solicitation. (BJA will issue a separate solicitation for applications from units of local government.)

Overview

Category of Funding
Affordable Care Act
Funding Instruments
Grant
Grant Category
Other
Cost Sharing / Matching Requirement
False
Source
On 6/8/21 the Bureau of Justice Assistance posted grant opportunity O-BJA-2021-35005 for BJA FY 21 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program - State Solicitation with funding of $187.0 million. The grant will be issued under grant program 16.738 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program. It is expected that 56 total grants will be made worth between $1 and $19.4 million.

Timing

Posted Date
June 8, 2021, 12:00 a.m. EDT
Closing Date
July 8, 2021, 12:00 a.m. EDT Past Due
Last Updated
July 22, 2021, 3:56 p.m. EDT
Version
2

Eligibility

Eligible Applicants
Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
State governments
Additional Info
By law, for purposes of the JAG Program, the term “states” includes the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Northern Mariana Islands, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, and American Samoa. (Throughout this solicitation, each reference to a “state” or “states” includes all 56 jurisdictions.) The expected eligible allocations by state for the fiscal year (FY) 2021 JAG Program can be found at: Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 State Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Allocations (ojp.gov). All recipients and subrecipients (including any for-profit organization) must forgo any profit or management fee.

Award Sizing

Ceiling
$19,447,453
Floor
$1
Estimated Program Funding
$186,979,951
Estimated Number of Grants
56

Contacts

Contact
Bureau of Justice Assistance
Contact Email
Email Description
National Criminal Justice Reference Service Response Center
Contact Phone
(202) 514-9354

Documents

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